By Morgan Dye On Monday at the 2010 ACI-NA Airport Concession Conference in Phoenix, ACI-NA presented preliminary survey findings of their Airport Concessions Benchmarking Survey. The data from the survey includes concession revenue from more than 60 airports, representing 55 percent of passenger traffic in the United States and 65 percent of traffic in Canada. [...]
All posts for the month November, 2010
ACI-NA Releases Airport Concessions Benchmarking Survey Results
Posted by webmaster on November 10, 2010
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/11/10/aci-na-releases-airport-concessions-benchmarking-survey-results/
Vancouver Wins Griesbach Award
By Morgan Dye ACI-NA on Tuesday recognized Vancouver International Airport as the Richard A. Griesbach Award of Excellence winner in the 2010 Airport Concessions Contest. Dick Dickson, chairman of The Paradies Shop, was also recognized as ACI-NA’s Concessions “Person of the Year.” Vancouver’s concession program offers its customers 167 shops, services and restaurants. It consists [...]
Posted by webmaster on November 10, 2010
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/11/10/vancouver-wins-griesbach-award/
A report from the Concession Conference
By Liying Gu The 2010 ACI-NA’s Airport Concessions Conference opened this morning in Phoenix. Well over 330 attendees came from all over the country and Canada to join this industry’s premium event focusing on airport concessions. This morning’s keynote speaker David Cavazos is the City Manager of Phoenix, being promoted from an airport director’s position. [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on November 9, 2010
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/11/09/a-report-from-the-concession-conference/
On Cargo Security
By Greg Principato A short time ago I posted a blog with the National Journal contributing to their discussion on cargo security. Here is what I wrote: Earlier this week, I participated in the Twentieth ACI World Annual General Assembly, where airports around the world gathered in Bermuda to discuss international aviation issues. As you would [...]
Posted by webmaster on November 4, 2010
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/11/04/on-cargo-security/
Airports Need To Be Included in Cargo Security Discussions
By Debby McElroy I just returned from attending the ACI World Governing Board meeting on Sunday, held in conjunction with the Annual General Assembly and ACI Latin America/Caribbean General Assembly in Bermuda. Yeah, tough duty I know… If you haven’t been there- go! It is a beautiful place with warm and charming residents who made [...]
Posted by webmaster on November 1, 2010
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/11/01/airports-need-to-be-included-in-cargo-security-discussions/